Need help with chameleon...Bad Situation.
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Darthroastcoffee
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https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/plants/
Here’s a small list
Here’s a small list
Shoeless Joe
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Good to know! Thank you!
You almost need to clean the fountain every day or two. It would be better to have an automatic mister and a dripper set up.
I think the lights could be put on a timer if they aren't already. Does he get light on the weekends? Can you post a photo of him?
Flukers is not the best for feeding the insects. I would get a plastic critter keeper put chunks of the egg carton in and put the crickets in that. I'd feed them dandelion greens, kale, collards, endive, escarole, squash, zucchini, carrots, sweet potato, sweet red pepper, etc. They should be dusted with a phosphorus-free calcium powder at almost every feeding and with a phosphorus-free calcium/D3 powder twice a month and with a vitamin powder once a month.
Critter keeper...
https://www.lllreptile.com/catalog/117-kritter-keepers-and-cricket-containers
I think the lights could be put on a timer if they aren't already. Does he get light on the weekends? Can you post a photo of him?
Flukers is not the best for feeding the insects. I would get a plastic critter keeper put chunks of the egg carton in and put the crickets in that. I'd feed them dandelion greens, kale, collards, endive, escarole, squash, zucchini, carrots, sweet potato, sweet red pepper, etc. They should be dusted with a phosphorus-free calcium powder at almost every feeding and with a phosphorus-free calcium/D3 powder twice a month and with a vitamin powder once a month.
Critter keeper...
https://www.lllreptile.com/catalog/117-kritter-keepers-and-cricket-containers
Shoeless Joe
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I will definitely post post a photo as soon as I can. He does have a mister, I forgot to say. I mist him and spray him with water when the mist isn't on.
Darthroastcoffee
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What type of chameleon is it??
Shoeless Joe
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Jackson. Thats the only wild chameleon in Hawaii.
This is the recommended Jackson's supplement schedule.
"Supplementation:
Calcium and other vitamins are very important to your chameleon's health. Feeder insects should be lightly dusted with powdered supplement before being fed to your chameleon. As a montane species (native to higher altitudes) Jackson's have decreased supplementation requirements compared to tropical species due to metabolism differences. Use calcium (without D3 or phosphorus) twice a week, a multivitamin once a month, and calcium with D3 once a month."
This is a link to their care sheet https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/caresheets/jacksons/ hope this helps.
"Supplementation:
Calcium and other vitamins are very important to your chameleon's health. Feeder insects should be lightly dusted with powdered supplement before being fed to your chameleon. As a montane species (native to higher altitudes) Jackson's have decreased supplementation requirements compared to tropical species due to metabolism differences. Use calcium (without D3 or phosphorus) twice a week, a multivitamin once a month, and calcium with D3 once a month."
This is a link to their care sheet https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/caresheets/jacksons/ hope this helps.
Shoeless Joe
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Thanks! The info really helps.
Darthroastcoffee
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Well I knew that veiled chameleons was starting to be an invasive species to Florida I didn’t know if they made to there also
Shoeless Joe
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I don't know if Veiled would survive here? It's a interesting thought....
Darthroastcoffee
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Looking it up, it says there is early signs of it there so could be a possibility
Shoeless Joe
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Hmmm.... true.
Actually there are veileds wild in Hawaii on some of the islands too but you can't keep them in captivity...they're killing them all off....
https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/hisc/info/invasive-species-profiles/veiled-chameleon/
https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/hisc/info/invasive-species-profiles/veiled-chameleon/
Shoeless Joe
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Yeah, I'm just glad the school took it in period. If not, we are forced to report it to the government and they dispatch people to capture it or kill it. Most common, the latter.
Darthroastcoffee
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Dam I wish I could take them all that is something that I did not want to hear
Shoeless Joe
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It's sad, but true. People here are very protective of the environment because there are a lot of indigenous plants and animals here.
Darthroastcoffee
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I know “all for the greater good” but still nature eventually plays it’s course and kills them off with a random cold front or temp spikes every now and again why kill them take them in people look at me like I’m crazy it’s a lizard but it’s a living thing that’s just trying to get by like everything else
